The Uffizi: The Official Guide : All of the Works
La Galleria degli Uffizi è uno dei musei più importanti del mondo. Il nucleo principale delle sue ricchissime collezioni comprende opere che vanno dal Duecento al Settecento; in particolare è lo specchio fedele di uno dei momenti più alti dell'arte di tutti i tempi: il Rinascimento. Tra i principali artisti rappresentati ci sono Giotto, Piero della Francesca, Paolo Uccello, Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raffaello, Pontormo, Tiziano, Caravaggio. Questo volume, interamente in inglese, è la guida ufficiale della Galleria degli Uffizi e rappresenta quanto di più aggiornato e attendibile si possa desiderare per una corretta visita. Contiene la storia del museo, l'elenco completo di tutte le opere sala per sala, le piantine di tutte le sale, le immagini e i commenti di tutte le opere principali.
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ROOM 3Sienese Painting of the 14th century
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Florentine Painting of the 14th century
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ROOM 56 International Gothic
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The Early Renaissance
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Cabinet of Miniatures
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Second and Third Corridor and Loggia First Floor
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Michelangelo and the Florentine Painting
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Raphael and Andrea del Sarto
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Pontormo and Rosso Fiorentino
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Titian and Sebastiano del Piombo
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Dosso and Parmigianino
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Cabinet of Emilian 16th century Painting
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Lippi
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ROOM 9Pollaiolo
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ROOM 1014 Botticelli
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Leonardo
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Geographical Maps
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Hermaphrodite
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Tribune
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Perugino and Signorelli
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Dürer
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Giambellino and Giorgione
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Flemish and German Renaissance
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Mantegna and Correggio
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Veronese
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ROOM 32Bassano and Tintoretto
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Corridor of the 16th century
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Lombard Painting of the 16th century
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ROOMS 3545 and New Rooms First Floor
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Niobe
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Vasari Corridor
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Contini Bonacossi Collection
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Index
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Essential Bibliography
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Common terms and phrases
16th century Oil 16th century Tempera 2nd century acquired by Rodolfo Adoration AGNOLO BRONZINO ALESSANDRO ALLORI Altarpiece ANDREA DEL CASTAGNO Annunciation Antonio artist BARTOLOMEO BC Greek marble Cardinal Cenacoli Inv Christ church of Santa collection Contini Bonacossi Inv Cosimo DOMENICO Dosso Dürer Early 16th century famous FEDERICO BAROCCI Ferdinando figures Filippino FILIPPO LIPPI Flemish Florence Florentine Francesco GIORGIO VASARI Grand Duke Grease tempera Greek marble Inv infant St JACOPO TINTORETTO landscape Leonardo Loggia Lorenzo LUKAS CRANACH Madonna and Child Madonna with Child Magi Marco and Cenacoli Medici museum Niobian Oil on canvas Oil on copper Oil on wood painter panel painting PAOLO VERONESE Pentelic marble Height Pentelic marble Inv PERUGINO PIERO DEL POLLAIOLO PIETER PAUL RUBENS PONTORMO Portrait predella Raphael Restored Rodolfo Siviero Roman copy Room ROSSO FIORENTINO San Marco SANDRO BOTTICELLI sculptures Second half Self-portrait Signed and dated Tempera on wood TITIAN Tondo Triptych Urbino Variously dated Venus Virgin WORKSHOP
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Page 23 - Note also the realism of the faces, of the variegated marble, of the flowers painted from nature and even of the wood of the platform at the feet of the Madonna.
Page 3 - This is hardly surprising when one considers that the artistic heritage preserved in our museums has been famous throughout the world for centuries. For hundreds of years writers, scholars and travellers of every nationality and...
Page 77 - The triptych was painted in Bruges for Tommaso Portinari, an agent of the Medici and councillor of the Duchy ofBurgundy.
Page 80 - Florentine activity, from his beginnings in Verrocchio's studio to his departure for Milan in 1482. Also exhibited here are...
Page 78 - Standing oul against the landscape are cypresses, a hibiscus and an orange tree. \ asari praised the metallic brilliance of the archangel Michael's armour, obtained not through the application of gold, bul \\ ith pure colour, an innovation introduced ln lhis artist.
Page 88 - The room symbolises the cosmos and its elements: the lantern with its wind rose represents air; the shells, water: the red walls, ftre; the marble and the semi-precious stones of the pavement, earth.
Page 47 - To the faithful she represents a mother who protects a daughterwho is without sin and who is the progenitress of the body of Christ.
Page 93 - Le stelle, il cielo et gli elementi a prova" ("The stars, the sky and the elements compete", CLlV).
Page 46 - The precision of the features, focusing even on the less attractive details...